Is Alaska used to be Russia's land? Is it sold to the US?

Answer 1

Yes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_purchase

The Alaska purchase from Russia by the United States occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. The territory purchased was about 600,000 square miles (1,600,000 km²) of the modern state of Alaska.

Answer 2

The United States acquired Alaska through Sewards folly. He purchased it from Russia for 7.2 million dollars and had trouble getting Congress to agree to the purchase. It was under Andrew Jackson in 1866 and the Czar Alexander II for Russia. The Russians had trouble making it profitable and approached the United States about purchasing it. The Americans had little real interest in Alaska but wanted to stimulate good relations with the Russians. Politics as usual Republicans who disliked Jackson and Sewrad the called it Sewards folly, Andrews polar bear garden and the Icebox. At the time it seemed like a useless mass of Ice but it is home to unique native cultures and offers lumber and oil reserves. This purchase also kept Russia from having a foothold next door. It has great outdoor adventures and let's not forget that fabulous salmon fishing. it also has the highest rate of convicted felons, dead beat dads running from warrants and child support.

Answer 3

The USA bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million. The Russians claimed parts of what is now to day the state of Alaska during or soon after the reign of Peter the Great I think.

Answer 4

The Alaska purchase from Russia by the United States occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. The territory purchased was about 600,000 square miles (1,600,000 km²) of the modern state of Alaska.

Russia was in a difficult financial position and feared losing the Alaskan territory without compensation in some future conflict, especially to their rivals the British, whose Royal Navy could easily capture the hard-to-defend region. Therefore the Tsar Alexander II decided to sell the territory to the US and instructed Russian minister to the United States, Baron Eduard de Stoeckl, to enter into negotiations with Seward in the beginning of March 1867.

The negotiations concluded in an all-night negotiating session that resulted in the signing of the treaty at 4 o'clock in the morning of March 30, with the purchase price set at US $7,200,000 (equivalent to about US $1.67 billion 2006 dollars). Public opinion was generally negative; as summarized by one historian the complaints were many

Answer 5

"The Alaska purchase from Russia by the United States occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. The territory purchased was about 600,000 square miles (1,600,000 km²) of the modern state of Alaska."

"The purchase was at the time derided as Seward's folly, Seward's icebox, and President Andrew Johnson's polar bear garden, because it was believed foolhardy to spend so much money on the remote region"

Answer 6

Seward bought Alaska for .02 cents an acre.

Answer 7

The US paid 7 million in 1867.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

Yes it was. Sitka was founded by Russians and still has a significant Russian Orthodox community.

Answer 10

It became a state in 1959.